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president obama is campaigning close to home in washington, d.c. today as romney courts donors and voters in pennsylvania, both men gearing up for week's crucial first debate. we have our esteemed panel of nbc news political experts here raring to go, but first let's get to nbc's peter alexander in philadelphia. peter, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning to you. all week long president obama and mitt romney have largely been chasing one another's shadow, first in new york and then ohio and finally in virginia. this weekend they will head their own direction as they prepare for that first critical head-to-head showdown, the first in the country presidential debate in the country next wednesday. virginia, the old dominion. >> we've got to win in virginia. >> reporter: could be the new must-win state this november. >> we'll win virginia again. >> reporter: with duelling events thursday, the president and mitt romney competed for votes in the battleground with deep military ties, appealing to voters who have been to battle before, veteran
president obama is campaigning close to home in washington, d.c. today as romney courts donors and voters in pennsylvania, both men gearing up for week's crucial first debate. we have our esteemed panel of nbc news political experts here raring to go, but first let's get to nbc's peter alexander in philadelphia. peter, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning to you. all week long president obama and mitt romney have largely been chasing one another's shadow, first in new york...
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. >> when you look back at the speech that president obama gave in 2009 in cairo when he talked about his desire to recalibrate the relationship between the united states and the muslim world or the arab world, where does that re-calibration stand as we now watch the images coming from many of these cities? >> it must be extremely ironic for the president who went to cairo to call for a new beginning with the muslim world to see that his policies are in tatters right now, and not necessarily because of his actions, although he's blamed now because he failed to solve the arab-israeli conflict and all that. that tells you that this is not essentially about the united states policy or about president barack obama. it's about what's taking place in those societies, and i think the president and the secretary of state will make a mistake if they make it a religious issue. we are not engaged in theological disputations with these people. this is role politics, and when the president talks about islam or judaism or christianity, we are playing their game. this should not be the game. the gam
. >> when you look back at the speech that president obama gave in 2009 in cairo when he talked about his desire to recalibrate the relationship between the united states and the muslim world or the arab world, where does that re-calibration stand as we now watch the images coming from many of these cities? >> it must be extremely ironic for the president who went to cairo to call for a new beginning with the muslim world to see that his policies are in tatters right now, and not...
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and it does appear that president obama is getting a small bump in the polls. here's a look at the numbers. the latest gallup poll of registered voters showing president obama with a 5-point lead, 49-44% just outside the margin of error. the president hit florida sunday. 29 delegates up for grabs there. real clear politics shows mr. obama with a slight lead although the state is still classified as a toss-up. the president's campaign appearances in the sunshine state trying to turn attention away from jobs and the economy towards medicare. governor romney took sunday off attending church and doing some debate prep but he still managed to make news clarifying his position on healthcare in a pretaped interview. it's the pocketbook issues that many voters will be paying attention to. >> i will never turned medicare into a voucher. >> yeah! >> we won't do that. they want to give the money back to the insurance companies, put them in charge of medicare. >> i'm not getting rid of all healthcare reform. of course there are a number of things that i like in the healthc
and it does appear that president obama is getting a small bump in the polls. here's a look at the numbers. the latest gallup poll of registered voters showing president obama with a 5-point lead, 49-44% just outside the margin of error. the president hit florida sunday. 29 delegates up for grabs there. real clear politics shows mr. obama with a slight lead although the state is still classified as a toss-up. the president's campaign appearances in the sunshine state trying to turn attention...
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president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. this bridge. your new car probably rode thesed rails. that shipment you just received was tracked by satellite. we build and maintain. we invest and innovate. so we can deliver what america needs. this year alone, freight rail companies plan to spend twenty-three billion of their own money, not taxpayer dollars, to build bridges, maintain track, and develop new technologies to keep freight rail and our economy moving. there's a lot riding on these rails. but it makes millions off west marylanders every year. now they're running dishonest ads. why? because voting for question seven is a vote to build a... world-class resort casino in maryland. creating thousands of jobs and... ...according to the official department of legislative... services, hundreds of millions for our schools. while saving taxpayer money by cutting casino subsidies. question seven. good jobs and better schools in maryland. not west virginia. >>> a guilty verdict in the drew peterson murder t
president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. this bridge. your new car probably rode thesed rails. that shipment you just received was tracked by satellite. we build and maintain. we invest and innovate. so we can deliver what america needs. this year alone, freight rail companies plan to spend twenty-three billion of their own money, not taxpayer dollars, to build bridges, maintain track, and develop new technologies to keep freight rail and our economy moving. there's a...
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president obama now way five- point lead, 49-44%. the president hit florida on sunday. 29 delegates up for grabs there. real clear politics average of polls showing mr. obama with a slight lead but the state is still a is to-up. the president's campaign appearances in the sunshine state tried to turn attention away from the job and the economy towards medicare. >> both side have now made their arguments and there is a choice that we've got to make and it is the clearest choice we've seep in a generation, not just 12:01 two candidates or two parties but a choice between two fundamentally different visions of our future. >> mitt romney spent sunday on the campaign trail attending church with his wife and doing intense debate prep. he made some news by saying he would consider keeping some parts of the health care law but he also blasted the defense cuts that are scheduled to kick in in jab. this is a big issue for voters in virginia because so much of the economy is tied into defense spending. now, those cuts scheduled to kick in along
president obama now way five- point lead, 49-44%. the president hit florida on sunday. 29 delegates up for grabs there. real clear politics average of polls showing mr. obama with a slight lead but the state is still a is to-up. the president's campaign appearances in the sunshine state tried to turn attention away from the job and the economy towards medicare. >> both side have now made their arguments and there is a choice that we've got to make and it is the clearest choice we've seep...
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. >> several top defense officials will speak as well as president obama. let's get the latest now from fox 5's melanie alnwick. >> reporter: the president and first lady will have a moment of silence and then travel here to the pentagon for the september 11th memorial ceremony. here's a look at how things are going to go this morning. at 9:30 president obama will lay a wreath and we'll hear the national anthem. 9:37 is the moment of silence to mark when the plane hit the pentagon. there'll be remarks by the president and defense officials and then a rendition of "america the beautiful." it left dulles airport at 8:20 a.m. instead five hijackers took over the plane and turned it around and crashed into the pentagon at 9:37 a.m. killing all 56 passengers as well as the hijackers. it hit on the western side and one section of the building collapsed. 125 workers here that day were also killed and many of them civilians, the memorial was completed and open to the public in 2008. the seventh anniversary of the attacks. it's usually own 24/7 but today it will be
. >> several top defense officials will speak as well as president obama. let's get the latest now from fox 5's melanie alnwick. >> reporter: the president and first lady will have a moment of silence and then travel here to the pentagon for the september 11th memorial ceremony. here's a look at how things are going to go this morning. at 9:30 president obama will lay a wreath and we'll hear the national anthem. 9:37 is the moment of silence to mark when the plane hit the pentagon....
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president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. >>> making headlines today, the army psychiatrist charged in the deadly fort hood shooting rampage will be force today shave his beard. a judge is expected to issue the order this week for major nidal hason, but hason is allowed to appeal which would trigger another delay in his upcoming murder trial. hasan says he grew a beard because his muslim faith requires it. >>> hurricane isaac's aftermath is posing big problems for fishermen. some waterways are clogged with debris which is blocking oxygen for the fish and killing them off. another problem oil. bp says waves from the storm exposed deposits of buried tar on the louisiana coast that were left over from a massive spill two years ago. but there is some good news this morning, some dogs left homeless from isaac will find new homes here in d.c. nine dogs bawnlded in mississippi are set to -- abandoned in mississippi are set to arrive at the animal rescue league today. >>> and we're following breaking news from
president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. >>> making headlines today, the army psychiatrist charged in the deadly fort hood shooting rampage will be force today shave his beard. a judge is expected to issue the order this week for major nidal hason, but hason is allowed to appeal which would trigger another delay in his upcoming murder trial. hasan says he grew a beard because his muslim faith requires it. >>> hurricane isaac's aftermath is posing big...
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and president obama will visit virginia beach on thursday. the only states visited more are florida and ohio. >>> a student-athlete in fauquier county is being remembered this morning after being killed on his way to l skoo. family and friends held a roadside vigil for 16-year-old ian heflin last night. he died when his car slammed into a tree. his 14-year-old sister was also seriously injured. the 17-year-old driver was not hurt and has not been identified. all three were on their way to liberty high school in bealeton. friends hope the crash teaches every family an important lesson. >> it's a tragedy because your kids walk out the door and they have a driver's license and you can tell them all you want you need to be careful. when you're driving, not only is it you in the car, but it's other people's children, and you need to -- it's hard. you know, hard on anybody to have to go through this. >> it is a second car accent in as many years to claim the life of students at liberty high. three students died in a crash last year. >>> students wh
and president obama will visit virginia beach on thursday. the only states visited more are florida and ohio. >>> a student-athlete in fauquier county is being remembered this morning after being killed on his way to l skoo. family and friends held a roadside vigil for 16-year-old ian heflin last night. he died when his car slammed into a tree. his 14-year-old sister was also seriously injured. the 17-year-old driver was not hurt and has not been identified. all three were on their way...